This article reports findings from
a comparative study of disruptive behaviors in schools in Norway
and the United States. The study investigated students’ perceived
experience of the phenomenon during class. In total, 1,153 students
participated in the study (544 in Norway and 609 in the US). The
majority of students in both countries claimed to have been disturbed
during the last week and also said that this occurred one or more
times every day. Discrepancies in the results were found in that
American students report a higher prevalence of disruptive behavior,
while Norwegian students seem to find disruptive behavior more disturbing
than their American counterparts.